DE · 2021 · tespm140

Housing cost overburden rate

Germany, 2021

Housing cost overburden rate
22.0
Germany, 2021
▲ 22.2% vs 2020 (18.0)
Analysis

In 2021, Germany's housing cost overburden rate increased by 22.2% compared to 2020, reaching 22.0.

Germany accounts for 126.4% of the EU-27 total of 17.4.

Germany ranks 4th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 30.4% (from 31.6 in 2016).

Source: Eurostat dataset tespm140, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.

Rank in EU-27 · 2021
#4 of 26
% of EU-27 total · 2021
126.4%
EU-27: 17.4
Germany timeline (last 15 years)
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